Can't control my head?
This is something that's probably very common, but I can't exactly control my mind.
Like, I'm thinking and then suddenly I'm wishing bad things onto people I care about or what not and then I tell myself "what? No, I didn't even mean that at all" but then the mean things come back but I don't even want those thoughts. They just happen and I can't control my head, basically.
I'm a superstitious person, I guess you could say, so I don't like it when suddenly my brain goes "I wish ____ dead" and I never even intended for myself to think that nor so I want it.
Like I said, I can't control it at all.
I end up gettin into these arguments in my head with the bad thoughts and myself and everything just keeps overriding.
Does this happen to everyone?
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Yes, to one extent or another. The people who invented meditation 2,000 years ago call it "monkey mind" -- the mind is always jumping around like a monkey. Hard to control.
So they invented meditation as a way to get a handle on it. And it's pretty successful.
Every day, for 10 minutes per day, sit with eyes closed, quietly counting your breaths. When a thought intrudes, ignore the thought and start your counting over again at Number One. It takes a REALLY good practitioner to get up to the count of 10 without an intruding thought! But, with practice, it really works.
Plus it feels nice.
As an extra, when you think a bad thought about someone, quickly replace it with "May that person be safe. May they be healthy. May they be happy. May they be free." Then move on with your life.